Hello and welcome to episode four of In the Shadow of Croker podcast.

Sean Deegan of In the Shadow of Croker walking tours and Jimmy Mulrooney of Exclusive Tours sit down for a chat with a number of local community members from the Ballybough area of Dublin, each of whom have an interesting story to tell. 

We chat about an array of subjects including each of their family stories and quest for obtaining amenities in the local area, their appearance in Croke Park and also on RTE's show Marty and Bernard: On the Road Again with Ballybough GAA for Mas.

Special thanks to Joan Larkin, Tanya Behan, Jackie Byrne, Rose Daly and Peter Dunne for their time and effort. 

We hope you enjoy the show!

In the shadow of croker episode four - Ballybough Community Members

In The Shadow of Croker Podcast Episode 4 - Ballybough Community Members

Hello and welcome to Episode 5 of the In The Shadow of Croker podcast. 

On this weeks show Sean Deegan sits down for a chat with Anto Holly. 

Anto is a former player and current manager of the Whitehall Colmcille mens senior football team. Anto also works as a Games Promotion Officer with Dublin GAA. 

We chat many things surrounding Anto's career involved in GAA and his community as well as stories and anecdotes throughout his time in the sport. 

Very big thank you to Anto for his time and we hope you all enjoy todays show!

In The Shadow of Croker Podcast - Episode 5 - Anto Holly

Hello and welcome back to another edition of In The shadow of Croker Podcast.

On this episode we are joined by journalist and author Frank Shouldice who chats to us about his book 'Grandpa the Sniper: the Remarkable Story of a 1916 Volunteer'.

Frank discusses many stories about his grandfather and shares some insight into how the book came about as well as telling us about his new theatre show 'Six Days' - a highly evocative re-imagining of Easter Week at North King Street during the 1916 Rising.

More details on the show can be found here -www.culturlann.ie/en/whats-on/2019…t/drama-six-days

We would like to thank Frank for his time and we hope you enjoy the podcast!

In The Shadow of Croker Podcast - Episode 6 - Frank Shouldice

:In the shadow of Croker' is a guided walking tour around the area of Ballybough. Fairview and Marino telling stories of Famous battles in the Area, the 2nd Battalion Irish Volunteers under the command of Thomas McDonagh, the Irish National Anthem, Manchester Uniteds 1st Irish Captain and many more. 
In the Podcast series we will talk with other tour guides, people from the locality, ex GAA and football players who learned their skills in the area and family members of 1916 and War of Independence veterans. I hope you enjoy them. 

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